As the year comes to an end I wanted to give an update of what we I want to do in 2009. 2009 will be all about the Spline Cast. Now that I have found a smart way to record interviews, I’d like to do a bunch more. There are so many people at Pixar that would be great to interview. Also, from time to time, people like Richard Williams visit and we snag them in for a quick interview. It would also be fun to cover techniques. We also want to continue doing posts, but as you can see from the lack of them, people are just swamped with work. In the new year we will be adding a new Spline Doctor. More on that in 2009. If you have any comments or thoughts about the site, ideas for interviews please make a comment. Also, economy and work permitting, I will hopefully teaching more classes this year with all new updated materials. Please see the Teaching page for more info. Also, you can sign up for a twitter. Thanks for the continued support.

davidbernal

Happy holidays to you guys and thanks for a great year of stuff! I’m definitely looking forward to whats in store for the new year, especially the splinecasts. One person that I think might be great to hear from is Angus MacLane and his work on Burn-E. As always, keep up the great work!

Thank you for a great year of Inspiring animation knowledge. All the best for 2009!!!

December 27, 2008 @ 6:17 am

Anthony Ross

I just discovered this site this year but it’s been the greatest for inspiring me in animation. Just one thing when you make posts, the last few sentences are always cut out. If I refresh the page they pop up for just a second to read them but if you could fix that it’d be great… might just be my computer though?? Still love the site! Happy New Year!

December 28, 2008 @ 12:58 am

mohinder

Anthony Ross, I have the same problem in Internet Explorer but things are fine in Opera browser. May want to give that a try. Could have the added benefit of improving your web browsing experience too!

December 28, 2008 @ 5:52 am

Daniel Harriman

“2009 will be all about the splinecast”
Eeexcellent. Guys your splinecasts are always worth listening to, thanks SO much for the one we’ve had so far.

I’ve been reading about Bill Peet. Was wondering if you could do an interview or two with some of the story artists at Pixar on how they develop the story lines, characters, storyboards and on what they’re influences are etc… That would be exciting!